As to political history, inaccurate.
Early History And Exploration
J. S. Bassett (editor), "The Writings of Colonel William Byrd of
Westover." New York, 1901. A contemporary record of early
Virginia.
Thomas Walker, "Journal of an Exploration in the Spring of the
Year 1750." Boston, 1888. The record of his travels by the
discoverer of Cumberland Gap.
William M. Darlington (editor), "Christopher Gist's Journals."
Pittsburgh, 1893. Contains Gist's account of his surveys for the
Ohio Company, 1750.
C. A. Hanna, "The Wilderness Trail," 2 vols. New York, 1911. An
exhaustive work of research, with full accounts of Croghan and
Findlay. See also Croghan's and Johnson's correspondence in vol.
VII, New York Colonial Records.
James Adair, "The History of the American Indians," etc. London,
1775. The personal record of a trader who was one of the earliest
explorers of the Alleghanies and of the Mississippi region east
of the river; a many-sided work, intensely interesting.
C. W. Alvord, "The Genesis of the Proclamation of 1763."
Reprinted from Canadian Archives Report, 1906. A new and
authoritative interpretation. In this connection see also the
correspondence between Sir William Johnson and the Lords of Trade
in vol. VII of New York Colonial Records.
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